Transmission



April 2, 1946 P. ORR

' TRANSMISSION Original Filed Sept. 2,

I ratios from the Patented Apr Z, 1946 UNITED j STATES "PATEN'll oral-cs .rllmel O l'l',

TRANSMISSION Muncieg 1nd nssignor to Borg- Warner Corporation, Chicago, 111., acorporation Original application September 2, 1942, Serial No.

This application is a division of my copending I application filed September 2, 1942, Serial No,

456,972, for a transmission. V

This invention relates to clutching mechanism and has as its general'obiect the provision ofga rugged clutch construction to manufacture and easy to assemble.

A further object of my invention is the provision of clutching mechanism having a sleeve member shiftabie in opposite directions and so constructed as to permit selective clutch engageinvention will become more apparent after reading the following specification and claims, and after consideration of the drawingforming a part of the specification wherein: v

Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partially in section, of a transmission mechanism employing my invention, taken as indicated by the lined-4 of Fig. 2;-and' 1 Fig. 2 is a'transverse sectional view of the'same' taken as indicated by the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

-As an example of one use to which my invention may be put I have shown it, inthe accom panying drawing, employed in a four-speedtl'ansv,

mission adapted for'use in motor trucks, com prising generally a housing 9, a drive shaft 10, a

therein, a first train of gears A for providing a i2, and second, third and gear trains B, C

which is inexpensive slidable ciutch'sleeves 2|, 2! respectively, driving- Divlded and this application August 19, 1944, Serial No. 550,205

1: Claims. (Cl. 192-53) the driven shaft u is piloted as as 24 inthe reef end of the drive shaft l0.

For establishing the various forward drives, I provide a pair of two-way clutch mechanisms E and? respectively, comprising hub members 26, 21 respectively, splined to the driven shaft 'il,

1y connected to and axially slidable on the rims of the hub members Ii, 21, and jaw clutch teeth 30, 3|,- and 38 respectively, flxedtc'thepinions ll and i5 and gears I! and I1 respectively, and adaptedto be engaged by the clutclrteeth It and 3B Ofthe shiftable jaw clutch sleeves 28; 29 respectively.- The internal teeth 34 of each sleevev mesh with corresponding external teeth 20a, 21a

, on the respectivehub members 28,21 in order to' "provide the above-mentioned slidable driving en-- gagement between the sleeves and the hubmembers.

Between the shiftable jaw clutch sleeves 2t and x 29 respectively, I interpose synchronizing mechas. nism of the type shown in U. 3. Patent No. 2,221,-

900, issued November 19, 1940, in the name of played a groove 38 in the periphery of said sleeve.

S. 0. White and Bruce Barr. Such mechanisms which are-indicated generally at It and I1 ree spectively, have teeth "a and l'la, and'function tic synchronize the Jaw clutch sleeves 28, 29 with the members into which they are being moved into engagement, just prior to such engagement.

For shifting the clutch sleeve 28 there is em- For shifting the clutch sleeve 29 my invention provides a channeled ring 39 having internal teeth "a meshing with the teeth 35 of the sleeve 29, which ring issecured against axial movement along the periphery of the sleeve. 20 by snap rings ll. A'clutch sleeve of such constructionis far Y driven shaft II, and a countershaft l2 journalled drive from the drive shaft It to the ccuntershaft and D respectively for providing drives of varying vThe gear train A includes a pinion l3 fixed to the drive shaft 10 and'a, gear I fixed to the countershaft to the driven shaft countershaft l2 and meshing with the pinion l3. s

The gear trains B, C and D incnude a' pinion l5 and gears ii and ll journalled upon the driven shaft II and meshing respectively with a gear I! and pinions l9-and 2o fixed to the couniershaft,

I2. Bearings ll, 22 and 2: respectively are interpcsed between the pinion I5 and gears l8 and I1 and the driven shaft II. The forward end of less expensive to manufacture than a clutch sleeve formed with anintegrai shifting member com- P rable to ring 30, since the external teeth 35 of sleeve Il may be formed in a simple external gear 'hobbing operation, the channeled ring 39 being attached subsequently. A further advantage-of my invention consists of decreasing the distance needed between the gears and I1 whicharepositioned axially on either side of clutch 1". This advantage is made possible by forming clutch teeth 32 and is internally of the gears l0 and. I1, respectively, and having them engage with the external'teeth 35 on the sleeve 29. Between the rear wall of the housing a and the final gear train D, I interpose a reverse gear 42 which is splined as at '43 to the driven shaft ll. Mounted in the frame 9 is a short idler shaft 44 on which is journalled, through the, medium of with respect to said shaft and having external teeth adapted to mesh with the teeth of said gear,

a structurally independent shifting means enshifting means against axial displacement on said sleeve.

11. In combination, a shaft, 9. toothed gear freely rotatable with respect to said shaft, a clutch sleeve supported about said shaft for rotation therewith, said clutch sleeve being axially slidable with respect to said shaft and having external teeth extending the length of said sleeve, said external teeth being adapted to mesh with the teeth of said gear, a structurally independent shifting means having internal teeth meshing with the central portions of said external teeth on the sleeve, and snap rings seated in recesses in the external teeth on said sleeve for securing said shifting means against axial displacement on said sleeve.

12. In combination, a shaft, a gear freely rotatable with respect to said shaft and having internal clutch teeth, a hub fixed to said shaft for rotation therewith, said hub having peripheral teeth, a clutch sleeve having internal teeth meshing with said peripheral teeth and having external teethwhich are adapted to mesh with the internal teeth of said gear, and a structurally independent channel ring encirclins said sleeve and secured against relative axial movement or relative rotational movement with respect to. said sleeve by means coacting with the external teeth on said sleeve.

13. In combination, a shaft, a pair of axially spaced gears freely rotatable with respect to said shaft, said gears having internal clutch teeth. a hub fixed to said shaft and spacing said gears, said hub having peripheral teeth, a clutch sleeve having internal teeth meshing with said peripheral teeth of the hub and having external teeth adapted to mesh with said internal clutch teeth,

a structurally independent shifting member encircling said sleeve, means projecting from said shifting member and engased with the external teethon said sleeve. and means securing said shifting member against axial displacement on said sleeve.

PAIMER ORR. 

